Name: Icky Mettle
Brand: Archers Of Loaf

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MRG415.1

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2011-08-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

673855041513

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

MRG50415cd

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673855041520

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Archers Of Loaf

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Merge Records

<p>Archers of Loaf is an American rock band from North Carolina formed in 1991. The group disbanded in 1998 and Eric Bachmann went on to pursue a solo career, while Matt Gentling supported Superchunk (also from North Carolina) during one of their tours among other things. </p>
<p>The group reformed in 2011 and played a number of concerts and made a television appearance. In a 2018 interview with Eric Bachmann, he said all of the members of Archers of Loaf are on board with the idea of reforming and making a new record, saying "Oh yeah, everybody wants to do it — I just have to write the songs."</p>

Re-mastered by bob weston and featuring new liner notes by robert christgau, 'icky mettle' comes with bonus material (packaged as a second disc with cd, digitally with the lp) including the entire 'archers of loaf vs the greatest of all time' ep as well as singles and b-sides from the 'icky mettle' era. no single trend in 1990s indie rock can be traced back to archers of loaf. they weren't quite 'lo-fi,' they weren't quite 'slackers,' their guitars weren't quite 'noisy' and their drums weren't quite 'mathy.' eric bachmann's vocals were gritty and visceral, but his lyrics were oblique and cerebral. archers of loaf thrived on subtle contradictions, on purposeful vagaries, on tentative gestures delivered with utmost conviction. they released increasingly adventurous records for five years, and broke up with minimal drama or fanfare. this, the first in a series of planned deluxe reissues from fire / merge (us), perfectly captures the energy of the band's early days, from their slapdash first singles to the scrappy brilliance of 'icky mettle' itself to the more honed recordings that followed.

Icky Mettle

Music US

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